This blog post is extremely misleading: the three featured alumni [0] on the Flatiron School's web site all have 4 years of college at good schools (one even has an MFA)
Saron Yitbarek - University of Maryland College Park
B.A. English, B.S. Psychology
2007 – 2011 [1]
Justin Belmont - Tufts University
BA, English
1999 – 2003
Columbia University in the City of New York
MFA, Nonfiction Writing
2005 – 2008 [2]
Danny Olinsky
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School
BSBA, Business Administration; Entrepreneurship [3]
This, of course, is the irony of the higher education debate. Those having the debate very likely did not go through the voc-ed tracks (which is effectively the "revolutionary" model the Flatiron School is providing).
That doesn't mean there's no value in providing education that leads directly to career opportunities or salary improvement. As an American I know our culture loves to yell "But!" and provide an example of a VC or entrepreneur who pulled themselves up by their bootstraps, but these are the exceptions rather than the rule.
Saron Yitbarek - University of Maryland College Park B.A. English, B.S. Psychology 2007 – 2011 [1]
Justin Belmont - Tufts University BA, English 1999 – 2003 Columbia University in the City of New York MFA, Nonfiction Writing 2005 – 2008 [2]
Danny Olinsky University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School BSBA, Business Administration; Entrepreneurship [3]
[0] http://flatironschool.com/web#block7 [1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/saronyitbarek [2] https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinbelmont [3] https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannyolinsky